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• the present invention relates to a surface-protective film for a reflective high luminance reflector with improved weather resistance and processability.
• a reflective sheet which comprises a weather resistant resin layer with spherical glass beads embeded therein and which has a highly reflective vapour- deposited aluminum layer on its surface.
• U.S. Patents 3,190,178 and 4,025,159 disclose, as its improvement, a high luminance reflector wherein a layer of spherical glass beads is present between a substrate sheet and a coating film with a part of the glass beads exposed, and an air layer is present between the substrate sheet and the coating film so that the substrate film and the coating film are partially bonded to form cells.
• the properties required for the coating film for such a high luminance reflector are excellent transparency and weather resistance, since the reflector is to be used outdoors as a road sign or the like.
• a coating film for instance, a polymethyl methacrylate film, a polycarbonate film or a polyethylene terephthalate film may be employed.
• the polymethyl methacrylate film is superior in the transparency and weather resistance and preferably employed.
• the substrate sheet layer and the coating film are bonded every 1 to 2 cm to form cells and to provide an air layer. Therefore, it is desired that when a crack forms on the coating film, the crack terminates within one cell. Therefore, the coating film is desired to be a strong film which hardly undergoes cracking. Namely, it is desired to be made of a film material having relatively high tensile strength (i.e. at least 350 kg/cm 2 at 20°C) and high tear strength.
• the high luminance reflector is used outdoors in many cases, and the coating film is required to have durability under low temperture conditions.
• the conventional coating film made of polymethyl methacrylate has poor durability against the temperature change, and the breaking elongation of the film is small. Therefore, it was difficult to produce a film, particularly a film for a high luminance reflector.
• the polycarbonate film and the polyethylene terephthalate film are inferior in the weather resistance, and are not suitable for practical use.
• Japanese Unexamined Patent Publications No. 33991/1977 and No. 140161/1982 propose to use a rubber-containing multi-layer structure polymer.
• a film made solely of such a rubber-containing multi-layer structure polymer produced by the proposed technique has a low yield strength and large breaking elongation, and it is unsuitable for use as a coating film for a high luminance reflector, since cracks are likely to form in such a coating film.
• the coating film for a high luminance reflector is required to have a high tensile strength (at least 350 kg/cm 2 ) and high tear strength (at least 150 g) as well as excellent durability at low temperatures (the film elongation at 0°C being at least 5%).
• the present invention provides a coating film for a high luminance reflector consisting essentially of [I] from 20 to 80 parts by weight of a thermoplastic polymer and [II] from 20 to 80 parts by weight of at least one rubber-containing polymer selected from multi-layer structure polymers [II-1] and [II-2], and having a gel content of from 10 to 50% by weight, wherein:
• the object of the present invention is to provide, by using the specific acrylic polymer as a coating film for a high luminance reflector, a film which maintains excellent transparency and weather resistance as the characteristics of the acrylic resin and which has high durability against the temperature change and yet provides good film processability.
• the amount of the rubber component to be incorporated must be limited.
• the rubber component can be measured as a gel content. If the gel content exceeds 50% of the film product, the tensile strength and tear strength of the shaped film tend to deteriorate, and the film will be unsuitable as a coating film for a high luminance reflector.
• the amount of the rubber component is less than 10% as the gel content, the elongation at low temperatures tends to be low, whereby the film will be unsuitable as a coating film for a high luminance reflector which is often used outdoors.
• the amount of the rubber component as represented by the gel content should strictly be controlled.
• the thermoplastic polymer [I] comprising an alkyl methacrylate as the main component is blended with the rubber-containing polymer [II] to obtain a thermoplastic composition.
• a coating film for a high luminance reflector is made solely of the rubber-containing polymer [II], it is difficult to obtain a balance of the flowability during the film forming operation and the film strength, whereby it is difficult to obtain a good coating film. Therefore, it is necessary to blend the two types of the polymers.
• the polymer [I] and the rubber-containing polymer [II] are blended in such a proportion that the gel content of the blend composition will be at least 10% by weight and not more than 50% by weight, and the blend comprises from 20 to 80 parts by weight of the polymer [I] and from 20 to 80 parts by weight of the rubber-containing polymer [II].
• the gel content in the film product will be less than 10% by weight, such being undesirable.
• thermoplastic polymer [ I] is a polymer obtained by polymerizing a monomer containing at least 50% by weight of an alkyl methacrylate having an alkyl group of from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and is suitably selected to satisfy the above-mentioned properties depending upon the type of the rubber-containing polymer [II].
• the physical properties suitable for a coating film for a high luminance reflector are obtainable for the first time by blending the alkyl methacrylate type polymer [I] with the rubber-containing polymer [II].
• the rubber-containing polymer [II] will be described in further detail.
• the alkyl acrylate having an alkyl group of from 1 to 8 carbon atoms which constitutes the innermost polymer layer (A), may be straight chained or branched.
• an alkyl acrylate methyl acrylate, ethyl acrylate, propyl acrylate, butyl acrylate, 2-ethylhexyl acrylate and n-octyl acrylate, may be used alone or in combination as a mixture.
• those having a low glass transition temperature (Tg) are preferred.
• the alkyl methacrylate having an alkyl group of from 1 to 4 carbon atoms may be straight chained or branched.
• alkyl methacrylate methyl methacrylate, ethyl methacrylate, propyl methacrylate and butyl methacrylate
• alkyl (meth)acrylates (A l ) are used in an amount of from 80 to 100 parts by weight.
• These alkyl (meth)acrylates are preferably of the same type for all the layers. However, depending upon the desired purposes, two or more monomers may be mixed, or different types of acrylates may be employed to satisfy the present invention.
• Said other monomer (A 2 ) having a copolymerizable double bond is preferably an acrylic monomer such as a lower alkyl acrylate, a lower alkoxy acrylate, cyanoethyl acrylate, acrylamide, acrylic acid or methacrylic acid.
• an acrylic monomer such as a lower alkyl acrylate, a lower alkoxy acrylate, cyanoethyl acrylate, acrylamide, acrylic acid or methacrylic acid.
• Such a copolymerizable monomer is used in an amount of from 0 to 20 parts by weight.
• styrene, an alkyl-substituted styrene, acrylonitrile, methacrylonitrile or the like may be used within a range not exceeding 20 parts by weight in component (A).
• an alkylene glycol dimethacrylate such as ethylene glycol dimethacrylate, 1,3-butylene glycol dimethacrylate, 1,4-butylene glycol dimethacrylate or propylene glycol dimethacrylate is preferred, and a polyvinyl benzene such as divinylbenzene or trivinylbenzene and an alkylene glycol diacrylate may also be employed.
• a polyfunctional monomer (A3) serves effectively to bridge the layer in which it is contained, and does not serve to bond the layer with other layers.
• the polyfunctional monomer (A3) is totally omitted, a fairly stable rubber-containing polymer composition can be obtained so long as the graftlinking agent (A4) is present.
• the polyfunctional monomer (A3) is optionally used depending upon the particular purpose, for instance, when a high level of hot strength is required. It is used in an amount of from 0 to 10 parts by weight.
• the graftlinking agent (A4) a copolymerizable allyl, methallyl or crotyl ester of an ⁇ , ⁇ -unsaturated carboxylic acid or dicarboxylic acid, is preferred, and an allyl ester of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, maleic acid or fumaric acid may be mentioned. Allyl methacrylate shows particularly excellent effects. Further, triallyl cyanurate or triallyl isocyanurate is also effective. In such a graftlinking agent, mainly the conjugated unsaturated bond in its ester reacts far quickly than the allyl, methallyl or crotyl group, to establish a chemical bond. Meantime, a substantial portion of the allyl group, the methallyl group or the crotyl group reacts effectively to the polymer in the adjacent polymer layer to establish a graftlinkage between the adjacent two layers.
• the amount of the graftlinking agent is extremely important, and is from 0.1 to 5 parts by weight, preferably from 0.5 to 2 parts by weight, per 100 parts by weight of the total amount of the above components (A 1 ) to (A 3). If the amount is less than 0.1 part by weight, the effective amount for the graftlinkage tends to be too small, whereby the bond between the layers will be inadequate.
• the innermost polymer layer (A) gives excellent physical properties when the glass transition temperature (Tg) of its own is at most 0°C, preferably at most -30°C.
• the content of the cross-linked elastic polymer in the multi-layer structure polymer [II-11 of the present invention i.e. the content of the innermost polymer layer (A) is preferably within a range of from 10 to 45% by weight.
• the outermost polymer layer (C) constituting the multi-layer structure polymer [II-1] of the present invention contributes to provide excellent moldability and mechanical properties to the polymer composition.
• Component (C 1 ) and component (C 2 ) may be equal to the above-mentioned component (A 1 ) and component (A 2 ).
• Component (C 1 ) is employed within a range of from 51 to 100 parts by weight, and likewise component (C 2 ) is used within a range of from 0 to 49 parts by weight.
• the glass transistion temperature (Tg) of the outermost polymer layer (C) alone is required to be at least 40°C, preferably at least 60°C, in order to obtain excellent solvent resistance or water and whitening resistance.
• the content of the outermost polymer layer ( C ) in the multi-layer structure polymer [II-1] is usually from 10 to 80% by weight, preferably from 40 to 60% by weight.
• the multi-layer structure polymer [II-1] of the present invention comprises the above-mentioned innermost polymer layer (A) and the outermost polymer layer (C) as basic structural units, and (D) zero or at least one layer of a copolymer composed of (D 1 ) from 10 to 90 parts by weight of an alkyl acrylate having an alkyl group of from 1 to 8 carbon atoms, (D 2 ) from 10 to 90 parts by weight of an alkyl methacrylate having an alkyl group of from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, (D 3 ) from 0 to 20 parts by weight of other monomer having a copolymerizable double bond, (D 4 ) from 0 to 10 parts by weight of a polyfunctional monomer, and (D 5 ) from 0.1 to 5 parts by weight, relative to 100 parts by weight of the total amount of ( Dl ) to (D 4 ), of a graftlinking agent, as an intermediate layer disposed between the polymer layers (A) and (C).
• components (D 1 ) to (D 4 ) and the graftlinking agent (D 5 ) are of the same types as those used in the innermost polymer layer (A).
• the graftlinking agent used for the intermediate layer (D) is essential to intimately bond the polymer layers and to obtain various excellent properties.
• the content of the intermediate layer (D) in the multi-layer structure polymer [II-1] of the present invention is preferably from 5 to 35% by weight. If the amount is less than 5% by weight, no adequate function as the intermediate layer will be obtained. On the other hand, if the amount exceeds 35% by weight, the balance of the final polymer tends to be poor, such being undesirable.
• the multi-layer structure polymer (II-2] is a rubber-containing polymer comprising from 2 to 35% by weight, based on the weight of the polymer [II-2], of an innermost polymer layer (A) composed of from 51 to 100 parts by weight of an alkyl methacrylate having an alkyl group of at most 4 carbon atoms, from 0 to 49 parts by weight of other monomer having a copolymerizable double bond, from 0 to 10 parts by weight of polyfunctional monomer and from 0.1 to 5 parts by weight of a graftlinking agent, and having a glass transition temperature of at least 10°C; from 5 to 60% by weight, based on the weight of the polymer [11-2], of a center polymer layer (B) composed of from 60 to 100 parts by weight of an alkyl acrylate having an alkyl group of at most 8 carbon atoms, from 0 to 40 parts by weight of other monomer having a copolymerizable double bond, from 0 to 10 parts by weight of a
• alkyl methacrylate of at most 4 carbon atoms to be used for the innermost layer (A) at least one of butyl methacrylate, propyl methacrylate, ethyl methacrylate and methyl methacrylate, is employed. It is particularly preferred to employ methyl methacrylate since it is thereby possible to obtain a composition having particularly good gloss and transparency.
• an acrylic derivative such as a lower alkyl acrylate, a lower alkoxy acrylate, cyanoethyl acrylate, acrylamide, acrylic acid or methacrylic acid
• an alkyl methacrylate such as styrene, an alkyl-substituted styrene, acrylonitrile or methacrylonitrile may be mentioned.
• a copolymerizable allyl, methallyl or crotyl ester of an a,$-unsaturated monocarboxylic acid or dicarboxylic acid, or triallyl isocyanurate or triallyl cyanurate may be employed in an amount of from 0.1 to 5 parts by weight.
• the allyl ester includes allyl esters of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, maleic acid, fumaric acid and itaconic acid. Allyl methacrylate exhibits particularly excellent effects.
• the polyfunctional monomer contains a double bond conjugated with e.g. a carboxyl group, and generally, it reacts far more readily than the non-conjugated allyl, methallyl or crotyl group, to form a chemical bond.
• the allyl, methallyl and crotyl groups are slow in the reaction rates, and they remain in a substantial amount after the completion of the polymerization reaction of the layer, and thus they effectively serve for the reaction for the formation of the next layer i.e. they effectively serve to form the intimate bond of the two layers.
• the graftlinking agent is used in an amount within a range of from 0.1 to 5 parts by weight, preferably from 0.5 to 2 parts by weight. If the amount is less.than 0.1 part by weight, the effective amount of the graft linkage will be so small that when many intermediate layers are disposed, the interlayer breakage is likely to take place during the melt kneading for molding, and it is difficult to obtain a good film having desired transparency and stress whitening resistance. On the other hand, if the amount exceeds 5 parts by weight, the excess amount serves to deteriorate the elasticity of the film, and the mechanical properties, particularly the impact strength, will be impaired, such being undesirable.
• ethylene glycol dimethacrylate, 1,3-butylene glycol dimethacrylate, 1,4-butylene glycol dimethacrylate and propylene glycol dimethacrylate are preferred, and divinyl benzene and an alkylene glycol diacrylate may also be employed.
• divinyl benzene and an alkylene glycol diacrylate may also be employed.
• Component (A) constitutes from 2 to 35% by weight, preferably from 3 to 10% by weight, in the polymer [11-2].
• the center rubber layer component (B) constitutes from 5 to 60% by weight in the polymer [11-2], and it preferably comprises from 80 to 100 parts by weight of an alkyl acrylate having an alkyl group of at most 8 carbon atoms, from 0 to 20 parts by weight of other monomer having a copolymerizable double bond, from 0.1 to 10 parts by weight of a polyfunctional monomer and from 0.1 to 5 parts by weight of a graftlinking agent.
• Tg glass transition temperature
• the alkyl acrylate of at most 8 carbon atoms includes methyl acrylate, ethyl acrylate, butyl acrylate, propyl acrylate and 2-ethylhexyl acrylate.
• the monomer having a copolymerizable double bond, the graftlinking agent and the polyfunctional monomer may be of the same types as described with respect to component (A).
• the outermost layer (C) comprises from 51 to 100 parts by weight of an alkyl methacrylate having an alkyl group of at most 4 carbon atoms and from 0 to 49 parts by weight of other monomer having a copolymerizable double bond.
• the glass transition temperature (Tg) of the layer (C) itself should be at least 50°C.
• Tg glass transition temperature
• the viscosity average molecular weight is preferably within a range of 50,000 to 1,000,000.
• the alkyl methacrylate having an alkyl group of at most 4 carbon atoms and the monomer having a copolymerizable double bond to be used in the layer (C) are of the same types as used for the layer (A).
• the layer (C) constitutes from 20 to 80% by weight in the polymer [II-2]. If the amount is less than 20% by weight, it is difficult to obtain a stable polymer from the viewpoint of the production such as polymerization and coagulation. If the amount exceeds 80% by weight, the rubber content tends to be too low, whereby the impact strength of the blend product will be substantially lowered.
• the intermediate layer (D) comprises from 10 to 90 parts by weight of an alkyl methacrylate having an alkyl group of at most 4 carbon atoms, from 10 to 90 parts by weight of an alkyl acrylate having an alkyl group of at most 8 carbon atoms, from 0 to 10 parts by weight of a polyfunctional monomer and from 0.1 to 5 parts by weight of a graftlinking agent, wherein the respective monomers may be of the same types as used for the layers (A), (B) and (C).
• the layers are effectively graft-linked by the graftlinking agent.
• Such a multilayered structure is not susceptible to whitening even when a stress is applied and has excellent transparency in spite of the fact that a substantial amount of the rubber component is present in a block fashion.
• the rubber-containing polymer [II] to be blended is transparent by itself and free from stress whitening by its nature.
• the particle size of the emulsion of the final polymer there is no particular restriction as to the particle size of the emulsion of the final polymer.
• the particle size is within a 0 range of from 800 to 2,000 A, preferably from 1,000 to 0 1,600 A, a well balanced structure is obtainable.
• the surface active agent, catalyst, etc. to be used at the time of the production, and the salting-out treatment is conducted, if necessary, by adding additives such as an antioxidant or lubricant.
• a sequential multi-stage polymerization method by emulsion polymerization is most suitable.
• the method is not limited to this sequential multi-stage polymerization method, and for instance, it is possible to employ a suspension polymerization method for the polymerization of the outermost polymer layer after the emulsion polymerization.
• any usual blending method may be employed, and if necessary, an antioxidant, a ultraviolet absorber, a filler, a pigment, etc. may be added.
• thermoplastic polymer In accordance with JIS K-6388, a predetermined amount of a thermoplastic polymer is sampled, and it is immersed in methyl ethyl ketone (hereinafter referred to as MEK) at 25°C for 48 hours for swelling, and then pulled out. After wiping off the deposited MEK, the weight of the sample was measured, and then the sample was dried in a reduced pressure dryer to remove MEK. When the weight becomes constant, the absolute dry weight is measured. The gel content is then calculated by the following equation.
• MEK methyl ethyl ketone
• Tg glass transition temperature
• the total luminous transmittance, and the tear strength were measured by the following methods.
• the monomer mixture having a variety of composition for the outermost polymer layer (C) as shown in Table 1 was added and reacted thereto to form the outermost polymer layer (C) having a different glass transition temperature (Tg).
• Tg glass transition temperature
• the final particle size was within a range of from 1,000 to o 1,500 A.
• Each polymer emulsion thus obtained was subjected to salting-out by adding 5 parts by weight of calcium chloride, relative to 100 parts by weight of the polymer, and the polymer was washed and dried.
• the above mixture was pelletized by using an extruder with a vent. Pellets thereby obtained were dried at 80°C for one day and night, and molded into a film having a thickness of 0.10 mm by using a T-die. The moldability was extremely good, and the obtained film had excellent transparency and high impact strength.
• the film elongation at 0°C is inadequate, and the durability at a low temperature is poor.
• the tear strength lowers, and it is difficult to obtain sufficient strength required for a coating film for a high luminance reflector.
• the rubber-containing polymer of Experiment 3 has its refractive index adjusted to the refractive index of the MMA polymer as the matrix resin, and thus is capable of forming a coating film having extremely good transparency and excellent weather resistance.
• a rubber-containing polymer (Experiment 6) was prepared in the same manner as in Experiment 3 except that BMA is used instead of MMA in the rubber-containing polymer of Experiment 3.
• a rubber-containing polymer (Experiment 7) was prepared in the same manner as in Experiment 3 except that 2EHA was used instead of BuA in Experiment 3.
• Example 2 50 parts by weight of each of these rubber-containing polymers was blended with 50 parts by weight of the MMA/MA copolymer used in Example 1 to obtain a resin composition.
• a film having a thickness of 0.1 mm was prepared from each resin composition, and the film strength was measured to obtain the results in Table 4. In each case, the film was found to be excellent as a coating film for a high luminance reflector.
• a reactor equipped with a condenser 250 parts by weight of ion exchanged water, 1.5 parts by weight of sodium salt of a sulfosuccinate ester and 0.85 part by weight of SFS, were charged. After stirring the mixture in a nitrogen stream, 7 parts by weight of MMA, 3 parts by weight of BuA and 0.05 part of AMA were charged. In MMA, 0.1% by weight, relative to MMA, of CHP was dissolved. Likewise, in all monomers added in the subsequent steps, 0.1% by weight, relative to the respective monomers, of CHP was contained, unless otherwise.specified.
• the reactor was heated to a temperature of 75 0 C under stirring at a rotational speed of 200 rpm in a nitrogen stream, and the stirring was continued for 30 minutes to complete the polymerization of the layer (A). Then, a mixture comprising 25 parts by weight of BuA, 4.5 parts by weight of MMA, 0.25 part by weight of AMA and 0.5 part by weight of BD, was added over a period of 30 minutes, and further maintained for 40 minutes to complete the polymerization of the rubber layer (B). Further, a component for the outermost layer (C) comprising 54 parts by weight of MMA, 6 parts by weight of BuA and 0.16 part by weight of n-OSH, was added and polymerized over a period of 60 minutes.
• Multi-layer structure polymers (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) as identified in Table 5, were prepared in the same polymerization method as mentioned above.
• Example 13 Pellets thus obtained, were dried at 80°C for one day and night, and molded into a film having a thickness of 0.1 mm by using a T-die. The results are shown as Example 13 in Table 6. The moldability of the polymer blend in Example 13 into a sheet was extremely good, and the film had high transparency and impact strength and excellent weather resistance.
• 50 parts by weight of the multi-layer structure polymers (ii) to (v) were blended, respectively, with the above-mentioned polymer [I], and films of Examples 14 to 17 were prepared. All of these films had excellent transparency, weather resistance and impact resistance.
• the film shows high values for the yield strength, the elongation at 0 C and the tensile strength.
• the film elongation at 0°C is low, and the durability at a low temperature is poor.
• Comparative Example 6 wherein the multi-layer structure polymer was used alone, the yield strength of the film is low, and the tear strength is low, and as such, the film is not suitable as a film for a high luminance reflector.
• MMA/MA 94/6 by weight ratio
• sp/c 0.55 dl/g
• the multi-layer structure polymer (i) When the multi-layer structure polymer (i) is less than 20% by weight, the elongation at 0°C is inadequate, and the durability at a low temperature is poor. On the other hand, when it exceeds 80% by weight, the tear strength lowers, and it becomes difficult to obtain sufficient strength required for a coating film as a high luminance reflector.
• the multi-layer structure polymer (v) has its refractive index corrected, and thus is capable of forming a coating film having excellent transparency and weather resistance, which exhibits extremely good transparency in any region.
• a multi-layer structure polymer (vi) was prepared in the same manner as in the case of the multi-layer structure polymer (iii) in Example 13 except that BMA was used instead of MMA. Likewise, a multi-layer structure polymer (vii) was prepared by using EMA instead of MMA.
• a multi-layer structure polymer (viii) was prepared in the same manner as in the case of the polymer (iii) by using 2EHA instead of BuA.
• films obtained by the present invention have excellent transparency, high tensile strength and tear strength, and excellent durability at low temperatures, and by their application to the surface of high luminance reflectors, it is possible to obtain high luminance reflectors having excellent properties.

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